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Hanukkah, traditional Hanukkah folk melody, arranged and adapted by Walter J. Kin (RIGLI), Russian lyrics by Olga Anikina. The modern Hanukkah singalong every parent has been looking for.
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Holiday Spotlight · Shavuot 5786
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What we're listening to.
Holiday spotlights. Audience favorites. New releases. The editor's quiet picks.
Shavuot, Giving of the Torah.
May 22-24, 2026 (6-7 Sivan). The harvest of first fruits, the giving of the Torah at Sinai, the story of Ruth. Songs of vow, ascent, and quiet covenant.
Sacred · Lecha DodiCome My Beloved
▶ The 16th-century Kabbalat Shabbat hymn welcoming the Sabbath bride, a covenant song fitting the Shavuot marriage of Israel and the Torah.
In Russian · National hopeHatikvah / Надежда
▶ Naftali Herz Imber's 1878 poem of return, re-imagined in Russian by Olga Anikina. Shavuot is the festival of arrival; Hatikvah is the song of getting there.
In English · ChildrenStep by Step
▶ An English children's setting of «Hevenu Shalom Aleichem», the song of peace and blessing. For families teaching the youngest about Shavuot.
In English · Jewish The MusicalAlevai (If Only)
▶ A wishing-song. English by Walter J. Kin, adapted from Olga Anikina's Russian. «Alevai» is the Yiddish prayer-wish for «may it be so», Shavuot's voice of yearning and covenant.
Most Popular · @RigliMusic
What the world is listening to.
The three most-streamed songs from our YouTube channel right now, across 20+ listener nationalities and millions of organic plays across platforms.
In Russian · Most-streamedHava Nagila / Хава Нагила
▶ The 1918 Idelsohn arrangement, re-set in Russian by Olga Anikina. The cornerstone of the catalog and the project's most-played track.
In English · AnthemWe Are Sisters We Are Brothers
▶ An English adaptation of Morris Winchevsky's 1880s Yiddish workers' anthem «Ale Brider», universal kinship, sung simply.
In Russian · Folk classicSeven Forty / 7:40
▶ The Odessa freylekhs that became a Russian-Jewish folk standard. Anikina restored the lost lyric and dignified the dance.
New Releases · 2026
Fresh out of the studio.
The most recent additions to the catalog, re-mastered versions, new English adaptations, and original compositions.
NewHanukkah
▶ In English · Walter J. Kin New music by Walter J. Kin, English lyrics adapted from Olga Anikina, performed by Riglis Band. The festival of lights in fresh arrangement.
NewWe Are Sisters We Are Brothers
▶ In English · Remastered New English remaster of Ale Brider, with lyrics-on-screen video for sing-along use in classrooms and family gatherings.
For Kids · Always
Songs for the youngest listeners.
Children's adaptations, simple melodies, clear words, no demanding range. For Hebrew schools, Shabbat tables, and family afternoons.
For kidsStep by Step
▶ In English · Ages 5-10 «Hevenu Shalom Aleichem» as a step-counting song, peace arrives one step at a time. Perfect for Shabbat openers in any classroom.
For kidsDreidl / Дрейдл
▶ In Russian · Ages 5-10 The Hanukkah spinning-top song, re-imagined in Russian by Olga Anikina. A children's song that adults rediscover too.
Editor's Pick · Walter J. Kin
What the producer is hearing.
A monthly note from the editor, songs that have stayed with me, songs I want others to find.
Sacred · Editor's noteCome My Beloved
▶ The English Lecha Dodi I keep returning to, written so a child can sing it but a grown person can mean it. The Sabbath bride in plain English.
In Russian · Editor's noteTango Auschwitz
▶ The hardest song I've ever produced. From the testimony of the camp orchestra. Sung quietly, as it should be.
In English · Editor's noteHanukkah
▶ A song I had to write myself, the English Hanukkah every parent has been looking for. Joy first, theology second.
Always · Songs of Remembrance
For Yom HaShoah, and every other day.
Four songs of the Holocaust cycle, testimony in melody. Promoted to top of page during Yom HaShoah (April) and International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27). Available always.
In Russian · Holocaust cycleTango Auschwitz
▶ From the testimony of the camp orchestra, a tango carried inside the wire.
In Russian · Holocaust cycleFriling / Весна
▶ Shmerke Kaczerginski's 1943 Vilna Ghetto song, spring as elegy, and as testimony.
In Russian · Holocaust cycleWitness - Children
▶ A children's voice over the catastrophe, direct, unprotected, and irrefutable.
In Russian · Holocaust cycleYisrolik
▶ Leyb Rozental's 1942 Vilna Ghetto orphan-song, survival in the streets, dignity in the verse.